deformedadj.
/dɪˈfɔːmd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective]
disfiguratec1381
disfiguredc1381
disguised1393
defeata1398
defecta1398
deformed?c1450
deflowered1509
disflowered1606
deflourished?1614
misfigured1624
martyrized1635
defaced1776
defeatured1800
disfeatured1871
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4115 His face was deformed and bolnyd.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lii. C Ye multitude shal wondre vpon him, because his face shalbe so deformed & not as a mans face.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eviij Theyr women are deformed by reason of theyr greate eyes, greate mouthes, and greate nosethrilles.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 791 Beholding the deformed ruines, he could hardly refraine from teares.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 253 In all this deformed Countrey, wee saw neyther house, nor Village.
2. Marred in shape, misshapen, distorted; unshapely, of an ill form. Now chiefly of persons: Misshapen in body or limbs.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective]
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
forshapenc1440
misfashioned?a1513
inform1555
fromshapen1581
misformed1590
informous1610
disjointed1652
ill-formeda1672
abnormous1710
malformed1817
dislocated1830
aberrated1976
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 47 A monster is a þing difformed aȝen kynde.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 427/2 The most dysfourmed and most myserable he sat nyghe hym.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. x One that hathe but one fote, or one hande, or is deformed.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxiii. sig. G4v The most sweet-fauor or deformedst creature. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 338 Many deformed Pagotha's are here worshipped.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 69 Lions have an Inclination to their Grim Mistresses, and Deformed Bears a natural Affection to their Whelps.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 196. ⁋7 Of his children, some may be deformed, and others vicious.
1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 247 A poor deformed fellow.
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the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective]
huelessa1100
shapelessa1400
globose?a1425
deformed1555
fashionless1581
disformed1591
formless1591
unshapeful1598
figureless1606
informous1610
proportionless1625
unbodied1630
unshapable1630
misshapen1640
unshapeless1640
difform1644
inform1654
difformed1665
amorphous1727
amorphic1856
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 Braunches full of large and deformed leaues.
1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 31 Ane King at euin..At morne bot ane deformit lumpe of clay.
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 71 Which..he from a deformed confusion reduced to beautifull order.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 297 The great Moles Chaotica..in its first deformed exhibition of its appearance..had the shape of Water.
4. figurative. Perverted, distorted; morally ugly, offensive, or hateful.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive
uglya1300
misshapenc1400
deformed1555
slimy1575
squalida1660
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij The monstrous and deformed myndes of the people mysshapened with phantastical opinions.
1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3v Sure thou wouldst make an excellent elder in a deformed church.
1628 W. Prynne Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes 49 What a deformed thing is it for a man to doe any womanish thing!
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 387 Deformed rout Enter'd, and foul disorder. View more context for this quotation
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 182 Deformed as is all oppression, yet to oppress the poor, has an unnatural hideousness of its own.
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